the official "WTF was nintendo thinking..."

[the_state]

when they made Super Mario Bros. 2???!?!?!!?

what a truly bizarre game.

[will_i_am]

it wasn't originally a mario game. it was some crazy japanese game that they rebranded because the president of nintendo thought mario 2 was too difficult for americans.

its fun though. toad is the best.

[Bona Drag]

i loved that game

[the_state]

i just downloaded it to my wii and can't beat level 1-3 the save my life.

[rome1]

Toad good, yoshi better.

[MiniW]

wait you are talking about the one for og NES, when you can switch between the 4 characters? (if so I dont think yoshi was in it) anyways that game rocked, took forever to beat it but it had replay value imo

[wEstSidE]

doki doki panic = supra mario brozas 2 in us...it is a kracked out game.

[eastcoastrider27]

Yeah, it is weird.

The game is such a departure from 1 and 3. Like SMB on acid.

[PaperSt.]

Wikipedia:

Super Mario Bros. 2 did not begin life as a Super Mario Bros. title; it is a remake of the Japanese Famicom Disk System title Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic. Nintendo's own sequel to Super Mario Bros. was released in Japan as Super Mario Bros. 2 in 1986. However, because of that game's extreme difficulty and its close similarity to the original game, Nintendo decided not to release it in the United States, instead releasing Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic with Mario characters under the title of Super Mario Bros. 2. Japan later saw the modified release under the title of Super Mario USA (Japanese: スーパー マリオ USA Sūpā Mario Yūesuei).

Because it was not originally a Mario title, this game differs greatly from the original Super Mario Bros. However, despite its status as the black sheep of the series[1], many elements from Super Mario Bros. 2 have become part of the Mario series canon and the repertoire of recurring elements. The game also sold well in its own right and was critically acclaimed at the time.

[wEstSidE]

yo man did u even read dis shit???

[MiniW]

for nostalgia i went on youtube yesterday and saw the game get beaten in 15 minutes, then I saw megaman II, and then ninja gaiden. i would've seen castlevania II as well but that one was 50 minutes. I think I maxed out my nerd card for the month.